{"id":1553,"date":"2023-03-24T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/?p=1553"},"modified":"2023-03-24T16:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T21:29:17","slug":"cruising-the-canals-of-france-on-the-deborah-barge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/cruising-the-canals-of-france-on-the-deborah-barge\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising the Canals of France on the Deborah barge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">MS Deborah barge, cruising the <a href=\"http:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/Barges\/Deborah\/Champagne_itin.htm\">Champagne<\/a> region of France as well as cruising from <a href=\"http:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/Barges\/Deborah\/Paris-to-Paris-itin.htm\">Paris<\/a> to Burgundy, is a superb Premium canal barge, accommodating 22 passengers, in 11 cabins offering amenities and providing guests with all the comforts they need during their stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1555 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah barge cruising the Champagne region of France\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9-500x213.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/peniche-Deborah-face-CroisiEurope-167135\u00a9.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">On board, everything has been taken care of down to the smallest detail with 6 crew members to guarantee a personalized service. The decoration creates a particularly soft and welcoming atmosphere. Located on the upper deck is the restaurant, which offers delicate cuisine in a refined setting, a lounge bar, and a relaxation area with a jacuzzi. Comfortable sun loungers are provided on the sun deck, the ideal place to relax and admire the surrounding landscapes.\u00a0 The barge also features bicycles for cycling along the canal towpath or for cycling the nearby towns and countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Excursions on the Champagne itinerary can include Reims Cathedral featuring stained glass windows by Marc Chagall, champagne tastings, a falconry show at Chateau-Thierry, and a tasting of Meaux cheese in Meaux.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">On the Paris and Petite Seine, enjoy a tour of Paris, a tour of the Palace of Fontainebleau and its gardens, the Medieval town of Troyes, a champagne-tasting, and a visit to Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cabine-peniche-Deborah-CroisiEurope.jpg-26713\u00a9CroisiEurope-Copy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cabine-peniche-Deborah-CroisiEurope.jpg-26713\u00a9CroisiEurope-Copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/europeanbarging.com\/Barges\/Deborah\/Deborah.htm\">Deborah<\/a> has comfortable cabins, with safes, telephone, and tv with lots of movies in English.\u00a0 The ship is a new build rather than a converted cargo barge from the past.\u00a0 The barge features lots of windows and a white interior to give it an open feel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/salon01-Deborah-CroisiEurope-26908\u00a9CroisiEurope-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/salon01-Deborah-CroisiEurope-26908\u00a9CroisiEurope-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Dining on the Deborah is in one sitting.\u00a0 Breakfast is usually a buffet of fruits, cereals, and pastries as well as meats and cheese.\u00a0 Lunch has a buffet and served food.\u00a0 Dinner is a served meal featuring regional wines paired with the meal and regional cheeses.\u00a0 For travelers with special dietary needs, the barge chef can accommodate most requests.\u00a0 \u00a0Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4xJ_1Ssrp7g\">dining video<\/a> on sister ship Raymond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">For more information or to check availability, please contact us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\">www.europeanbarging.com<\/a>\u00a0 or jan@europeanbarging.com or 888-869-7907.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MS Deborah barge, cruising the Champagne region of France as well as cruising from Paris to Burgundy, is a superb Premium canal barge, accommodating 22 passengers, in 11 cabins offering amenities and providing guests with all the comforts they need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/cruising-the-canals-of-france-on-the-deborah-barge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1291,1288,1,1448],"tags":[260,1449,1445],"class_list":["post-1553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-croisieurope","category-france","category-general","category-reims-cathedral","tag-barge-cruises","tag-champagne-barge-cruise","tag-hotel-barges"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1553"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1573,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1553\/revisions\/1573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europeanbarging.com\/river-cruise_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}